UNHCR | Refworld | Philippine radio journalist survives shooting ...The reason for the attack on the director and anchor of DYYM Hot FM, agovernment-run community radio station, was not clear, but Indelible toldthe center that he believed it was related to his work. He has discussedsensitive issues ...<http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/49b7be5fc.html>

> NMFM is a brand new community radio station which will broadcast to the> diverse and disadvantaged area of North Manchester. The provisional> launch date for the station is July 2009.>> We require an exceptional Project Manager to oversee the development and> running of this station. You will have excellent organisational skills> and substantial experience of project management including managing> finances and staff. An understanding of the role of media in> disadvantaged communities is required, but radio/media experience is not> essential.>> - Salary: £25,649 - £29,439> - 37.5 hrs per week> - Based at One Central Park, Harpurhey, Manchester>> Application packs can be downloaded at http://www.northmanchesterfm.org> or contact John on 0161 237 5012 or at info@radioregen.org<info%40radioregen.org>>> If you would like further information about the post, please contact Lou> Armer at Lou.Armer@themanchestercollege.ac.uk<Lou.Armer%40themanchestercollege.ac.uk>or on 0161 918 6826>> Closing date for applications: Fri 3rd Apr 2009, 12pm> Interviews: Thurs 23rd Apr 2009>> Note that this post is offered as a permanent contract initially funded> by grant support from The Manchester College. However, the operation of> NMFM as a full-time community station (and therefore the continuation of> the Project Manager post) is dependent on additional funding being> secured to employ other members of staff.>> NMFM is a community project set up by The Manchester College and the> community radio development charity Radio Regen>> North Manchester FM CIC Company No. 6786495>> >

Todd Urick is an absolute angel who helped countless west coast organizations apply for licenses in the last FCC application window and has run on hard times since the holidays. It hasn't gotten any better for him since November.

KZME (Metroeast's new FM entity) would not exist without his work, and PRA would not have a 1.3kw Full-Power CP in southern Oregon - and that's just how he helped organizations I was involved in.

Newspapers attack community radio applicationNova Scotia Business Journal - Halifax,Nova Scotia,CanadaJoining the owner of CKDH in its battle to keep the Tantramar CommunityRadio Society off the air were publishers Paul Marchant of the OxfordJournal and ...<http://novascotiabusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?sid=231219&sc=107>

AMHERST - Maritime Broadcasting is not alone in opposition to the proposedlicence for a new Amherst-based community FM radio station.

Joining the owner of CKDH in its battle to keep the Tantramar CommunityRadio Society off the air were publishers Paul Marchant of the OxfordJournal and Richard Spicer of the Coffee News. There were also more than50 other letters against sent to the Canadian Radio-television andTelecommunications Commission.

The were joined by about 70 arguing in favour of the application, which isnow in it second attempt after its first was denied last September.

"With the global economic crisis, the Oxford Journal can ill afford tolose anymore revenue in advertising," Marchant said in his letter to theregulator. "We have been publishing a weekly newspaper for 110 years andnever before have the times been as difficult."

Spicer echoed Marchant's concerns. "If you throw another radio stationinto the fray, someone is going to lose plain and simple," Spicer wrote.

All three also expressed concerns about the non-profit group's ambitiousfundraising goals effect on other community groups.

In an earlier interview, TCRS spokesman Randy Smith dismissed thoseconcerns saying the proposed station would work with those groups to helpboost their efforts.

The Town of Springhill appears to share Smith's view. "We are committed toworking with a not-for-profit organization that will be community-basedand volunteer driver and that will provide our citizens with an outlet tovoice their opinions, promote their events and activities and showcase ourhome-grown talent," Springhill chief administrative officer Don Tabor saidin the letter to the CRTC from the town.

CKDH is still waiting to hear from the CRTC on its own FM licenceapplication. – Amherst Daily News

UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audiocontent using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for communityradio managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helpingmanagers of community and FM radio stations, public service broadcastingagencies and any other organizations that deal with audio files createprototype archives of digital audio documents.

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This new publication is a reliable manual for digital archiving ofmultimedia contents, with special focus on community radio contents. Itsusers will find it helpful in their every-day work. The publication hasits genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two events,supported by UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio forPractising and Potential Community Radio Operators in India and NationalConsultation to Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which communityradio station managers stressed the importance of archiving digital audiocontents.

In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users increating their own archives with stable, free software like WINISIS,GenISIS and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL addresses fromwhere this software can be downloaded.

Creative-Radio is an independent forum for people active in or interested in the use of radio in development, in particular promoting public health, improved education, protection of the environment, improved livelihoods, good governance and conflict mitigation. Since it started in 1996, Creative-Radio has been in the forefront of radio's resurgence as a tool for social change and peace-building, and it helps promote best practice in these areas.